Template:Time ago/testcases

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Purge

1 Jan 2012:

• >13 years ago<
• >13 years ago<sbx

current time:

• >0 seconds ago<
• >0 seconds ago<sbx

1 Jan 2012, with purge

• >13 years ago (purge)<
• >13 years ago (purge)<sbx

current time with purge:

• >0 seconds ago (purge)<
• >0 seconds ago (purge)<sbx

Line break test (no purge)

Line break test (purge can appear at start of line)

• Normal: 16 years ago
• Minutes: 8498479 minutes ago
• Days: 5901 days ago
• Weeks: 843 weeks ago
• Months: 193 months ago
• Future: 286 months' time

• Bad date: Error: first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time.
• Unknown specified magnitude: 509908769 seconds ago
• No parameters: 0 seconds ago
• Capitalization: 509908769 seconds ago

	no	seconds	minutes	hours	days	months	years	nonsense
-111 seconds	111 seconds ago	111 seconds ago	1 minute ago	0 hours ago	0 days ago	0 months ago	0 years ago	111 seconds ago
-30 minutes	30 minutes ago	30 minutes ago	30 minutes ago	0 hours ago	0 days ago	0 months ago	0 years ago	30 minutes ago
27 August 2025	17 hours ago	17 hours ago	17 hours ago	17 hours ago	0 days ago	0 months ago	0 years ago	17 hours ago
-25 hours	25 hours ago	25 hours ago	25 hours ago	25 hours ago	1 day ago	0 months ago	0 years ago	25 hours ago
1 January 2010	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago
17 November 2009	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago
20 May 1988	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago
5 months	5 months' time	5 months' time	5 months' time	5 months' time	5 months' time	5 months' time	0 years' time	5 months' time

• Normal: 16 years ago
• Minutes: 8498479 minutes ago
• Days: 5901 days ago
• Weeks: 843 weeks ago
• Months: 193 months ago
• Future: 286 months' time

• Bad date: Error: first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time.
• Unknown specified magnitude: 509908769 seconds ago
• No parameters: 0 seconds ago
• Capitalization: 509908769 seconds ago

	no	seconds	minutes	hours	days	months	years	nonsense
-111 seconds	111 seconds ago	111 seconds ago	1 minute ago	0 hours ago	0 days ago	0 months ago	0 years ago	111 seconds ago
-30 minutes	30 minutes ago	30 minutes ago	30 minutes ago	0 hours ago	0 days ago	0 months ago	0 years ago	30 minutes ago
27 August 2025	17 hours ago	17 hours ago	17 hours ago	17 hours ago	0 days ago	0 months ago	0 years ago	17 hours ago
-25 hours	25 hours ago	25 hours ago	25 hours ago	25 hours ago	1 day ago	0 months ago	0 years ago	25 hours ago
1 January 2010	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago
17 November 2009	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago	15 years ago
20 May 1988	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago	37 years ago
5 months	5 months' time	5 months' time	5 months' time	5 months' time	5 months' time	5 months' time	0 years' time	5 months' time

• Original: 31 years' time
• Sandbox: 31 years' time

Test using a non-breaking space between the number and the units (year, month, day, etc). A breaking space is used between the units and "ago" (similar to the output of Template:Start date and years ago).

These examples are placed inside a narrow <div> to force a line break. They are based on the current date and time, which is: 2025-08-27 05:19:29 (UTC). If that is not correct, click Purge to update the page.

Example	Current output	Sandbox output
{{Time ago|-13 months|min_magnitude=years}}	1 year ago	1 year ago
{{Time ago|-32 days|min_magnitude=months}}	1 month ago	1 month ago
{{Time ago|-25 hours|min_magnitude=days}}	1 day ago	1 day ago
{{Time ago|-65 minutes|min_magnitude=hours}}	1 hour ago	1 hour ago
{{Time ago|-75 seconds|min_magnitude=minutes}}	1 minute ago	1 minute ago
{{Time ago|-15 seconds|min_magnitude=seconds}}	15 seconds ago	15 seconds ago

• He has worked for FooBar Corp for the last {{time ago|1 January 1985|ago=}}.

Main

He has worked for FooBar Corp for the last 40 years.

Sandbox

He has worked for FooBar Corp for the last 40 years.

• {{time ago|1 January {{#expr: {{CURRENTYEAR}} + 5}}|ago=}}

Main

4 years

Sandbox

4 years

• {{time ago|{{#time:c|+ 1 second}}|ago=}}

Main

1 second

Sandbox

1 second

{{Time ago|20250827171929|magnitude=hours}}

Current time

{{Time ago}}	{{Time ago/sandbox}}
0 hours ago	0 hours ago

{{Time ago|20250806000030|magnitude=hours}}

21 days ago at 30 seconds after midnight, display hours

{{Time ago}}	{{Time ago/sandbox}}
521 hours ago	521 hours ago

{{Time ago|20250806000130|magnitude=hours}}

21 days ago at 1:30 after midnight, display hours

{{Time ago}}	{{Time ago/sandbox}}
521 hours ago	521 hours ago

{{Time ago|20250806000030|magnitude=days}}

21 days ago at 30 seconds after midnight, display days

{{Time ago}}	{{Time ago/sandbox}}
21 days ago	21 days ago

{{Time ago|20250806000130|magnitude=days}}

21 days ago at 1:30 after midnight, display days

{{Time ago}}	{{Time ago/sandbox}}
21 days ago	21 days ago

{{Time ago|20250806000030|magnitude=weeks}}

21 days ago at 30 seconds after midnight, display weeks (erroneous output)

{{Time ago}}	{{Time ago/sandbox}}
2 weeks ago	2 weeks ago

{{Time ago|20250806000130|magnitude=weeks}}

21 days ago at 1:30 after midnight, display weeks

{{Time ago}}	{{Time ago/sandbox}}
3 weeks ago	3 weeks ago

{{Time ago|20250709000030|magnitude=weeks}}

49 days ago at 30 seconds after midnight, display weeks (erroneous output)

{{Time ago}}	{{Time ago/sandbox}}
6 weeks ago	6 weeks ago

{{Time ago|20250709000130|magnitude=weeks}}

49 days ago at 1:30 after midnight, display weeks

{{Time ago}}	{{Time ago/sandbox}}
7 weeks ago	7 weeks ago